TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF THE PEDAGOGY COURSE:CHILD EDUCATION IN FOCU

TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF THE PEDAGOGY COURSE:CHILD EDUCATION IN FOCUS

Abstract

This text characterizes the teachers of a Pedagogy Course -as to their training and their conceptions -of a state university in the interior of the state of Paraná, that act in specific disciplines to train the professional of Early Childhood Education,and aims to know the theoretical and methodological bases of their training and indicate the reasons why they chose to act in the training of teachers at this level of education. The study is justified due to the concern to reflect about the formative process of those responsible for the task of training teachers for Early Childhood Education, since they offer theoretical and practical bases and establish references and procedures that mark a pedagogical action. In order to collect the information of the teachers of the researched university, the qualitative approach and questionnaires with mixed questions were used. The results indicated that the pedagogical work carried out by the teachers comes from a formative process and professional action that leads the process of teacher training for Early Childhood Education with criticality, which means that this stage of education requires dedication and respect to meet its needs and specificities and eradicate assistentialist positions.